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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-21

BY H. C. DODGE.
The town clock tolled the midnight chimes;
Two lovers at the door
Who'd said Good night a dozen times
Were saying IL some more.
go, Mr.. JONES'" exclaimed the maid,
''Or papa may assist
But amt you awfully afraid
To meet an Anarchist y
''See if am the little beau,
A-kissing her, replied,
Now you're an Anna kissed, you know
And who's afraid % he cried.
Adown the stair, along the hall
With an expression bad,
There sneaked shadowy giant tall
Just like the maidens dad.
And grabbing Mr.. Jones it Kissed,
.sHa, ha, young man, come
10 show your little Anna kissed
The way / fire bum"
Yankee Blade.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-21
ROUSEWKFELY MATTERS.
QUEENS PUDDING.

One pint Of bread crumbs, one
quart Of milk, warmed and poured
over the crumbs; yolks Of four eggs,
beaten with one cup of sugar and one
teaspoOnful of butter; bake. When
baked, spread over the top q layer of
Jelly or preserves. Beat the whites of
eggs dry, and add two tablespoonful
Of sugar, and spread over the top, re-
turn to the stove and bake to q light
brown. Serve warm with sauce, or
cold with sugar and cream.
ORANGE SNOW.
Dissolve an ounce of isinglass in a
pint of boiling water, strain, and let
it stand until nearly cold; mix it with
the Juice of six or seven oranges and
one lemon; add the whites of three
eggs, and sugar to taste; whisk the
whole together until it looks
white like g. sponge; put it into q
mould and turn it out on the follow
ing day.
sCALLOPED OYSTERS.
Butter pudding dish, roll crackers
very fine, put q layer ofcrackers, then
O. layer of oysters, season with salt
and pepper, and put small bits OF but
ly full, having oysters on top; pour in
sweet milk enough to soak the crack
ere; bake nearly an hour. Ii too
dry when baking add q little more
butter.
PIE CRUST.
For one pie take one cup of -four,
two tablespoonful of lard, one-half
teaspoonful Of salt, mix well, then
add one-half teacup of water. If O.
faky top crust is desired, take enough
dough for one crust, roll thin, spread
butter over it, and roll up and let
stand while filling in the fruit, when
it will be ready for use.
TEA CAKE.
One even cup Of white sugar, one.
half cup butter, two eggs. Beat these
until they are creamy, then add g.
good half-cup cold water and two
cups -four, two teaspoonfuls baking
powder, one teaspoonful lemon; beat
thoroughly. Bake in long tin, and
cut while warm in squares.
HAM CROQUETS.
Chop the ham very fine and season
with pepper or mustard. With lit
tie -four in hand, make up small balls
and dip in beaten egge, roll in crumbs
Of bread or cracker, and fry to q light
brown in hot lard.
JELLY CAKE.
Two cups white sugar, three eggs,
one cup OF lard whipped with fork
until it is light and smooth, one cup
sour cream, one teaspoonful soda,
two teaspoonfuls cream tartar, three
and one-half cups -four. Flavor with
essence of lemon.
MILK FROSTING.
Ten tablespoonful sweet milk, one
and half cups of sugar; let it boil six
minutes; take Off and stir until quite
white; put in little lemon, spread
quickly before getting too hard, wet
ting the knife in cold water. Very
nice.
WHITE CAKE.
One-hah cup of butter and two cups
of sugar, worked to g. cream, the
whites Of seven eggs beaten to stiff
froth, one-third cup of sweet milk,
three cups of -four, flavor with vanil-
Ia, two teaspoonfuls Of baking pow
der.
FIG PUDDING.
One-half pound figs, one-half pound
bread crumbs, six ounces moist sugar,
six ounces beef suet, two eggs, little
nutmeg, and g. cup Of milk. Figs and
suet 90 be chopped very fine; mix all
we'll and steam in mould or steamer
three hours.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-21
Hatching Machines for Babies.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

1t may not be generally known that
Matching machines have recently been
introduced in the Paris lying-in hospit-
tails for the saving of infants prema-
turely born or otherwise deficient in
vitality. The system appears to have
been eminently successful. The object
OF the machine is to supply the weak
little things with the heat necessary to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-21

If Shakespeare could have been
present at the Academy of Music
when the Keene company played
"Julius Cesar" without stage cos
TUNES, and have seen the lean and
hungry Cassius carried off the stage
dead, with his coat-tails dangling dis
mally between four Macon Romans,
no doubt he would have admitted that
Bacon wrote the AFFAIR." Macon Tele.
graph.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-21

The newest MORE ribbons are wider
and have velvet and plush edges.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-21

FURRY felt hats and bonnets will be
worn as the weather becomes colder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-21

When the sections stood in the
churches to ring the requiem of the
dying year, and then to peal the deep
toned bells to welcome in the new,
men came to them and said:
"When that is done you must toll
the death Of Misor John. He died an
hour ago."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
AbDcyi.Ic, Louisiana.

E KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND
L Horses, Buggies and Ambulances for
hire. | also keep one of the best feed sta
bles in the country, and 40 pains nor
means will be spared togiye that attention
and care to stock left in my charge which
is necessary they should have. Special
attention will be given To the sale OF
horses, mules, or anything else pertaining
to the livery business, entrusted To me.
Horses boarded by the week or month at
reasonable rates. Call an my
stock, inspect my stable and learn my
charges. Feeling confident to give entire
satisfaction 10 those who may ,p%atronlze
me, ! solicit IL liberal snare o. the public
patronaqe. dee 4 1856
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
Lunch Time.

They are all head clerks" in the
BARRIERS shop.
Has good staying qua!i!ies-Thc
girl with the small waist.
\ duel is the quickest kind of an
encounter, because it only takes two
seconds.
Rural hospitality-"Do take some
more Of tie vegetables, Mr.. Blood,
for they 90 to TIE pigs, anyway"
A coIored boy the other day swal-
lowed three quarters he had in his
mouth, and is now 80 cloud with a
silver lining"
What a beautiful thing, MY dear,
is a rosy checkt" "Tes husband;
hut how great the contrast when the
blush settles on the nose"
1T is really very odd, my dear"
said an old lady, one very cold day
to a friend, 81 can't bear the heat in
lsu,nmer and in winter | love it,"
Fresh young men are advised to
90 to San Domingo. 1t has amoun'
tain of salt lour miles long. and
supposed to weigh nearly 9O.0O0;OOU
tons.
A Western exchange remarked OF
a candidate for a certain State Office:
|"Ee has a large following" and an
opposition organ ampliGed the item
by adding, "of creditors"
When the clergyman remarked
there would he a nave in the new
church the society was binding. an
told lady whispered that she knew
the party to whom he referred.
A teacher said to a dull pnris:
"When | was your age, ! could an
swer any question in arltme'ic.'
Yes" said the small child. "bnt you
forget that you had a different
teacher from mine"
A 'prima donna sang Home,
Sweet Home" to the %couvicts in d
Western priso., ard it SO worked
upon their feelings that seven OF
them escaped and etruck out for the
parental roof-tree the same night.
At recent ball a new figure was
introduced, which caused quite g
sensation. 1t was the figure Of an
irate parent who took his son by
the ear and waltzed him out Of the
ballroom in a quickstep movement.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
How Farmers Lose Money.

By not taking one or more good
papers.
By keeping no account Of farm
operations, paying 40 attention to
the maxim, "A stitch in time saves
nine,' in regard to sowing grain
aud planting seed at the proper
time.
By leaving p'ows and tools out
in the weather exposed to rain
and the suns heat. More money
is lost in this way than most per-
SONS would be willing to believe.
BY permitting broken implements
to be scattered over the farm until
they m irreparable.
BY planting fruit trees without
giving the trees half the attention
required to make them profitable.
BY breeding inferior animals, and
keeping more stock than can be
properly fed and cared for.
By disregarding the maxim, any
thing worth doing at all is worth
doing we'll.
In addition to the loss from these
and other causes, there is often also
a loss of temper and good feeling.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11

An interesting cargo is shortly to
arrive in Montana to fill a long,felt
want. Says the Virginia Mad.
isonian: "A distinguished gentle
man who has just returned from
the East informs us that on the LIST
of June next two car loads of New
Jersey girls will arrive at Moreland
ready to marry any eligible bach
elor that will make the proper ad-
vances. AS Barnum used to say
that pretty girls speeches and straw
berries were the principal products
Of that State, We are Of opinion that
this will be the best chance ever Of
fered to some Of the old fossils who
have been living in lonely solitude
on half cooked co~rndodger and SOW
belly to get a life partner earring
Of coarse, the divorce court) Let
ters addressed to G.. o. D..
Moreland, Montana, will be prompt.
ly answered as long as the cargo Of
Jersey lightning holds out.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
Abbwille Mryidional.
Notation oECrOp~s

A subscriber asks for information
about rotation of crops. This IS one
Of the most important questions re-
lating to farm work, and deserves
especial consideration. 1t has long
been considered as indispensable TO
good and successful farming, and
there is no reason to suppose under
the light Of all the later knowledge
derived from experiment and study.
as well as improved practice. that
the old farmers were mistaken.
The old practice vas to follow grain
with a grass crop or with one which
required frequent cultivation of the
soil. This was so firmly establish,
ed that among the English farmers
whose crops on the average have
more than doubled ours, every ten.
ont was bound by his lease to
conform to it, and never to follow
Il grain crop with another one Of
the same kind. The reason for this
was and is that the growth of con,
secutive crops of the same kind
rapidly exhausts the soil, or encour
ages the growth of weeds. 1t is
found in the natural growth of
plants and forests that a certain
growth is generally succeeded-af.
ter it has attained its maturity
10y a different kind Of vegetation;
for instance. when a pine forest has
been cut of. or has been destroyed
by fire, hard woods succeed it, Or
when oaks or other hard woods
have been cut off, pines grow in
their place. The old fields of the
South are a standing example Of
this, and the "old field pine" covers
the abandoned land from which a
hardwood forest was cut of, to
make room for tobacco and cotton.
The explanation o. this fact is,
that hard woods are rich Of potash,
and taking a large quantity of this
element from the soil. leaves the
land deficient in it, aud unable to
produce another growth Of hard
woods, but as pine is rich in silica,
and poor Of potash, the sell ex.
hausted of potash, and having an
abundance Of silica, produces the
pine with ease, when it could not
produce oaks, hickories and other
hard woods. The same principle
applies to farm crops and hence
wheat is followed by grass and
clover, and these with corn, and
corr with cats or harley; and then
the land is MANFRED, and wheat is
grown again. In practice, We think
this rotation is too short, and would
be greatly improved by a root crop
after corn, and cats and barley af-
ter the roots, with clover following,
and the second years clover plowed
in for wheat, with which grass is
sowa. with clover added in the
spring. But this, too, might be i'm,
proved, perhaps, by sowing the
grass and clover by themselves in
the spring, and not with the wheat
or early in the fall, as soon as
wheat is removed, thus permitting
the soil to be thoroughly prepared
for the grass seeding, by which its
success is greatly encouraged
American Agriculturist.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
How 10 EGfcIxIe Oysters.

We clip from tie Scientific Amer
lean the following receipt and
method of picking oysters or shrimps
SO hat they will keep we'll and for
long periods when put up in glass
jars or cans This receipt will be
of much interest to our readers:
Take 100 large oysters, l pint
white wine vinegar, l dozen blades
ofmacc, 9 dozen whole black pep
pcrs, l large red pepper broken
into bits. Put oysters, liquor and
all, into a porcelain or bell metal
kettle. Salt to taste, heat slowly
until the oysters, are hot, but not
to boiling. Take them out with a
perforated skinner, and set aside
to cool. TO the liquor which re.
mains in the kettle add the vinegar
and spices. Boil up fairly, and
when the oysters are almost cold,
pour over them scalding hot. Gov
er the jar in which they are, and
put away in a cool place. Mex,
day put the picked oysters into
glass jars with tight tops. Keep
in the dark, and where they arc
not liable to become heated. Trea1
the shrimps similarly.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
.ile Best ooi.

Every man who grows wool
wants to grow the best; Or, if not
the best, the best Of the kind which
he grows. 1t may.not be the best
kind, but it shonld be the best Of its
kind. Although not the best kind
for some purposes. it may be the
best for Others. Every man should
aim at excellence. whatever he does.
AS the tritc old adage has it.
whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing WE'LL" This principle
applies to Woodworking. and nut.
t%on.growing, as well as to any thing
else. Indeed, it has a universal APP
plication.
But how is the farmer to grow
the best wool Of its kind? Simply
by keeping his sheep in the best
condition all the while. The sheep
that is in its best possible condi'
ton. will grow the best wool it is
possible for it to grow. Unilormi.
ty Of condition is an important point
and necessary to the production of
a fibre CT wool Of uniform quality
and strength its entire length. The
sheep must not be gorgcd n month
and starved the next. If it is
depend upon it the fiber Of the woo
will show the weakness produced
by starving. Neither must if suffer
for want of water, or salt, or even
shelter. If It does, the export can
fnd it recorded in the fibre of the
wool.
All know very we'll that the hair
of people is affected by sickness and
often falls out. 1t also gets dry
and harsh and dead at the ends.
The hair of Il person in perfect
health appears very different from
that of a person in poor health.
The wool of sheep is affected in the
same way, by health and sickness;
and as sheep are often exposed to
wider and more severe extremes
than persons are, their wool is more
affected than the human hair. Sheep
sometimes shed their wool because
Of sickness. In case of suffering
from cold and lack of food the wool
will sometimes stop growing, and
when it starGs again the place OF
stopping and starting will I've dis
tinctIy marked on the fiber Of the
wool by a bad place. There is
nothing like a uniformly good con.
dition, with no shocks given to the
system Of the sheep, for producing a
uniform fibre ana the best possible
wool-National Live Stock Jour.
nal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
WORKING CLASSES A. A: ssss ss:

ployment at honle, the whole of the time,
or for their sare moments. Business new,
light and profitable. Persons of either
sex easily earn from so cents to $500 per
evening, and a proportional sum by devot-
ing all their time to the business. Boys
and girls earn nearly as much as men.
That all who see this may send their adj
dresses, and test the business, we make
this offer. TO such as are not we'll salts
fed we VIII send one dollar to pay for the
trouble OF writing, Full particulars and
outfit free. Address GEORGE STINsoN 4
Co. Portland. Maine.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11

Tie Baronnesses, Anna and Lonisc.
OF Gutenberg, recently rowed in a
boat to the spot where King Lud.
wig, of Bavaria, drowned himself
and committed suicide in the same
way. The bodies were found claSped
in each others arms. They had beer
suffering from melancholla ever since
the kings death.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11

The Coarier-Journal fHEsRy Wal.
TERsoN Editor-in-C hicf,) is the 40.
knowledge Representative Newspaper
of the South, Is Democratic in politics,
and first, last. and all the time is for i
reduction of the War Taxes, as levied
Oh the people by the tariff now in force.
THE WEEKLY CouRIEk-JouRsM
is the best weekly newspaper publish.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11

An Eastern paper says that a
dozen pretty girls from New Haven
are taking s. tramp through the
Adirondack Mountains. That
tramp must be having a good time.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11

OpHEL1As BeURoUE, Mayor.
r. II. NaLLs. 4. L. I.rp1 -,
SOLOMON WISE, JACoR G,srn
GEeReE E. LYONS, Constable.
Justices of the Peace. Sd. Ward.
0. Ii. OBRYAN, G. LAsAuvR
Surveyors,
W. w. EDWARDS. Il. Mosr, cr.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11

Police Jury.
II. HoFFPAuIR, President.
NJ. l.. ELDREDGE, Ut. BRouss,,,
RoBT. GREEN, T.. J. NoaeAx
II. II. BAaTELs j.. A. LEBLANC
Clerk Police jury, ARCHIE YonSe
Parish Treasurer, ELIJAH VIC.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11

School Board DirecserS
w. w. EDWARDS, President.
J. n. WILLIAMS, JOHN NuGIEa.
JOHN MORGAN. M. G. BEoussARn.
Il. c. kIBBE, NJ. V. LAMpH,x.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTopv

District Judge.
CONRAD DEBA1l1o.
District Attorney.
ROBERT G. SERuRs.
Clerk of District Court,
h"sT'E BRoussAeD.
ROBERT. P. O'BRYAs.
Sheriff & Tax Collector.
JOSEPH S. NusEz.
Coroner, DR.. W. D. WHrr,
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
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1857,

1885,. 1851.
AN ORGAN OF
Lining ideas find Livs Issues
AN ENEIT OF
Monopolies, Oligarchism, and ts
Spirit of Sectional Strife.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
Che Daily 2Mant'ue

IL independent and fearless in its obi
torial conduct. 1t has the widest and
most complete system ofnews gathering.
by telegraph. correspondence and Te-
p~ortoriai corps, and the most accurate
and complete market, commercial and
financial statements published in Now
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-06-11
~TIIE-

The New Orleans Picayun., estah-
lislied Fifty years. has kept pace with
the progress Of journalism, and is now
the most reliable and best paper pub
IisLed in the South.